French and German Producers Awarded with Golden Apricot Prize

[Tavakalian Edgar]

FRENCH AND GERMAN PRODUCERS AWARDED WITH GOLDEN APRICOT PRIZE

Panorama.am
14:11 15/07/06

Renowned French film producer of Armenian decent Serj Avetikyan is
awarded with Golden Apricot prize. The award was granted for his
film "Return". Avetikyan has worked on the film about 18 years. The
organizers of the festival say not only the film presents the Armenian
history and traditions to the world but also brings new impressions
about foreign countries to Armenia.

Also, German producer Andreas Drezen was awarded for his film
"Summer in Berlin." The film is about the struggle for survival of
two women. Drezen has said he has never seen friendlier nation in
the world speaking about Armenia.

Note: the closing of the third international film festival Golden
Apricot will take place late today at Moscow Theater. 92 films from
58 countries were shown during the festival. The festival hosted
renowned figures of cinematography from about 10 countries, including
Russian, Canada, France, USA, Spain, Germany, Chili, Belgium, Turkey
and Italy./Panorama.am/